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Jane Fondais reflecting on her career at 85 years of age.
While speaking toEntertainment Tonightrecently, the Oscar-winning actress revealed she never thought she would return to perform on screen after tying the knot with her ex-husband, billionaireTed Turner.
“I left for 15 years, when I married Ted Turner, andI did not think I was gonna come back, ‘cause when I married him, I thought it’d be forever,” Fonda told the outlet while promoting her upcoming film80 for Bradyin which she starred alongside other industry veterans includingLily Tomlin,Rita Moreno, andSally Field.
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“But I came back, and frankly, if anybody told me that at 85, I’d be doing this kind of movie, I would have not believed them,” she continued. “So I feel very lucky.”
Fonda announced her retirement from acting after she wed Turner, 84, in 1991. The former couple divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage.
In a 2018 HBO documentary based on her life titledJane Fonda in Five Acts, Fonda revealed she transformed her personality to better fit the men in her life, including her father, actor Henry Fonda, as well as her three husbands — Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden, and Turner.
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After parting ways with her last husband Turner, theGrace and Frankiestar saidshe realized she could no longer put someone else’s needs first. She left Turner and did not look back.
“But there was this angel on my shoulder…it was hard to even hear her voice, [saying], ‘If you stay, you will die without ever becoming who you can be. You will not really be authentic.'”
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“He was so sweet and generousand, could it be possible — humble?” she said.
source: people.com
